Woodhay railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It was located about five miles south of the junction with the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

west of Newbury railway station. Woodhay station served the villages of

Enborne Enborne is a village and civil parish, in West Berkshire, England that bounds to the east, across a road from Newbury. The River Enborne shares its name, although it does not run through the village; rather, it runs through and rises near the ne ...

and

Enborne Row Enborne Row is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, located on the county's border with Hampshire. The hamlet is within the civil parish of Enborne. The settlement lies next to the A34 road, and is located approximately south-west of Newbury. The n ...

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and Broad Laying (

Woolton Hill Woolton Hill is a village in Hampshire, England, in the civil parish of East Woodhay. The village lies approximately south-west of the centre of Newbury and encompasses the hamlet of Broad Layings on its northern edge. History The area was ...

) in the parish of East Woodhay,

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. It was a considerable distance from the villages of East Woodhay and West Woodhay. The site now lies under the A34 Newbury by-pass.

Facilities

Like most country stations on the line it originally consisted of two platforms, the southbound platform on the passing loop. Since the station was built on a bank it was not possible to construct strong foundations for a brick-built station building. Hence this was the only station on the line with a wooden station building located on the southbound platform. Two sidings and a headshunt were built to the south of the station for goods. These were primarily used for horses and wood cut from nearby pine forests.

Accidents and incidents

*In December 1957, a freight train overran signals and was derailed by trap points.

Closure

Both the station and the railway was closed in the 1960s.

Routes

Typical timetable

Page 45 of the 1910 Bradshaw's railway timetable gives the train times:Times converted to 24-hour clock. :Woodhay - Newbury *08:22 - 08:29 *08:53 - 09:00 *11:52 - 11:59 *13:12 - 13:19 *15:45 - 15:53 *17:45 - 17:53 *18:53 - 19:00 :Newbury - Woodhay *07:48 - 07:57 *08:59 - 09:07 *11:42 - 11:53 *13:55 - 14:03 *16:15 - 16:25 *19:00 - 19:08 *20:47 - 20:55

References

Disused railway stations in Hampshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1943 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub